Comments on: Are Your Attitudes Toward Global Warming Changing? http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/ Exploring the New Values of the 21st Century Citizen Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:27:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: Bill (not Clinton or Gates) http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-3298 Bill (not Clinton or Gates) Tue, 13 Nov 2007 06:56:21 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-3298 Global warming has been occuring since the end of the last ice age. There is nothing we can do to stop it. Only now that Al Gore and his buddies have invested in so many Green companies, does he need us to push for environmental change. This way he can make more money off the poor saps that think they can make a difference. I myself would like to see cleaner air by having everyone drive electric cars but I don't think it will make a big difference for global warming. Its like if you put a drop of gas in a 50 gallon drum and drink a ladle full. The water tastes bad and if you think about it too much you will get a little queasy, but you will not get sick or die. Global warming is going to happen anyway. As the permafrost in Alaska melts, they find dirt with dead roots from thousands of years ago. If plants were there at one time, Isn't this the way the earth was meant to be? And we have feet so we can move to higher ground if the sea rises a few feet. It's only Money that we stand to loose when the oceans rise. So now the rich want the poor and average man to conserve and pay extra gas and electric taxes while Al Gore and Hollywood celebrities use more electricity, Jet to wherever they want to go, and drive their humvees. The only green effect they have is a PR appearance. Droughts like the dust bowl and hurricanes like katrina have happened throughout the worlds history. Only now we have thousands of news stations around the world and the internet to let us know where they are and how severe. It doesn't occur any more often than before. Just now we know about them. Global warming has been occuring since the end of the last ice age. There is nothing we can do to stop it. Only now that Al Gore and his buddies have invested in so many Green companies, does he need us to push for environmental change. This way he can make more money off the poor saps that think they can make a difference. I myself would like to see cleaner air by having everyone drive electric cars but I don’t think it will make a big difference for global warming. Its like if you put a drop of gas in a 50 gallon drum and drink a ladle full. The water tastes bad and if you think about it too much you will get a little queasy, but you will not get sick or die. Global warming is going to happen anyway. As the permafrost in Alaska melts, they find dirt with dead roots from thousands of years ago. If plants were there at one time, Isn’t this the way the earth was meant to be? And we have feet so we can move to higher ground if the sea rises a few feet. It’s only Money that we stand to loose when the oceans rise. So now the rich want the poor and average man to conserve and pay extra gas and electric taxes while Al Gore and Hollywood celebrities use more electricity, Jet to wherever they want to go, and drive their humvees. The only green effect they have is a PR appearance. Droughts like the dust bowl and hurricanes like katrina have happened throughout the worlds history. Only now we have thousands of news stations around the world and the internet to let us know where they are and how severe. It doesn’t occur any more often than before. Just now we know about them.

]]> By: The Outsized Power of Young People to Change The World http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1624 The Outsized Power of Young People to Change The World Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:15:54 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1624 [...] a recent poll on this site, 45% felt that their personal actions “make no difference” with respect to Global [...] […] a recent poll on this site, 45% felt that their personal actions “make no difference” with respect to Global […]

]]> By: Are Your Attitudes Toward Global Warming Changing? « Environment News http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1571 Are Your Attitudes Toward Global Warming Changing? « Environment News Tue, 02 Oct 2007 08:25:57 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1571 [...] read more | digg story [...] […] read more | digg story […]

]]> By: Deep Tread http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1555 Deep Tread Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:23:18 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1555 I agree with any sentiment regarding pumping mechanical waste products of any kind into the environment and having spent the early years of my life in the industrial heartland of Northern England - always have done. Is that picture of Cumbria - very nice - reminds me of lots of walks I've been on - sadly doesn't represent the freedom of thought or intellectual expression with regard to the current environmental debate though. I agree with any sentiment regarding pumping mechanical waste products of any kind into the environment and having spent the early years of my life in the industrial heartland of Northern England - always have done.
Is that picture of Cumbria - very nice - reminds me of lots of walks I’ve been on - sadly doesn’t represent the freedom of thought or intellectual expression with regard to the current environmental debate though.

]]> By: Clea Danaan http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1524 Clea Danaan Sat, 29 Sep 2007 20:13:05 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1524 Organic gardening helps to trap greenhouse-gas carbon in the soil while reducing our output of carbon. What we really need is an infrastructure shift, where "standard of living" has more to do with health and care and compassion than stuff. Organic gardening helps to trap greenhouse-gas carbon in the soil while reducing our output of carbon.

What we really need is an infrastructure shift, where “standard of living” has more to do with health and care and compassion than stuff.

]]> By: political nonsense » Blog Archive » Poll: Global Warming is real http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1520 political nonsense » Blog Archive » Poll: Global Warming is real Sat, 29 Sep 2007 17:23:54 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1520 [...] renewable energy sources, even if it cost the average household an extra $100 a year.” yale edu 21rst century citizen Stumble [...] […] renewable energy sources, even if it cost the average household an extra $100 a year.” yale edu 21rst century citizen Stumble […]

]]> By: jd http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1515 jd Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:00:06 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1515 we must have to control pollution. we must start 2 use eco friendly things in our day 2 day life. Environment balance must b kept. we must have to control pollution. we must start 2 use eco friendly things in our day 2 day life. Environment balance must b kept.

]]> By: Richard http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1512 Richard Sat, 29 Sep 2007 06:24:06 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1512 The only hope for humans is a pandemic virus which wipes out 4/5 of the global population. If I drive an eco friendly car it will help slow climate change but if the population goes to the estimates of around 8-9b within a few years we are all screwed. The planet can't cope with the numbers now so if we don't get a good old fashioned outbreak we better find an extra planet or get Slartybartfast to make a new one. The only hope for humans is a pandemic virus which wipes out 4/5 of the global population. If I drive an eco friendly car it will help slow climate change but if the population goes to the estimates of around 8-9b within a few years we are all screwed.

The planet can’t cope with the numbers now so if we don’t get a good old fashioned outbreak we better find an extra planet or get Slartybartfast to make a new one.

]]> By: risottto http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1501 risottto Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:26:35 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1501 Not that I am a total global warming skeptic, but I think there are other, more important issues that are being aided by the paranoia around global warming. We will run out of fossil fuels sooner than global warming will be a serious issue. Switching to renewable energy sources needs to be pushed, for simple sustainability issues, regardless of global warming. Paranoid people also need to realize that Nuclear Power is actually a viable and high yield clean energy source, and technology has come a long way since 3MI and Chernobyl. Yucca Mountain is a high tech, high volume site with almost no contamination risk to store spent fuel. Not that I am a total global warming skeptic, but I think there are other, more important issues that are being aided by the paranoia around global warming. We will run out of fossil fuels sooner than global warming will be a serious issue. Switching to renewable energy sources needs to be pushed, for simple sustainability issues, regardless of global warming. Paranoid people also need to realize that Nuclear Power is actually a viable and high yield clean energy source, and technology has come a long way since 3MI and Chernobyl. Yucca Mountain is a high tech, high volume site with almost no contamination risk to store spent fuel.

]]> By: Dave In Wichita http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1495 Dave In Wichita Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:06:53 +0000 http://www.21st-century-citizen.com/2007/09/27/poll-on-global-warming/#comment-1495 To Jake Bouma: Not all of us unconditionally accept the BS being fed to us by uneducated, sensationalist media and those with an agenda or money to make (e.g. Al Gore and his ilk). Of course it's getting warmer, just like it has many times in the past, and at best, we may be having a slight effect on this. If it was getting cooler, there would not be a darn thing we could do to stop that either. To Jake Bouma: Not all of us unconditionally accept the BS being fed to us by uneducated, sensationalist media and those with an agenda or money to make (e.g. Al Gore and his ilk). Of course it’s getting warmer, just like it has many times in the past, and at best, we may be having a slight effect on this. If it was getting cooler, there would not be a darn thing we could do to stop that either.

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